Janos the Valiant
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Directed byBéla Gaál
Written byKároly Bakonyi
Jenö Heltai
Gyula Somogyváry
Jenö Heltai
Gyula Somogyváry
Based onJános vitéz by Sándor Petőfi
Produced byLászló Szirtes
| Janos the Valiant | |
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| Directed by | Béla Gaál |
| Written by | Károly Bakonyi Jenö Heltai Gyula Somogyváry |
| Based on | János vitéz by Sándor Petőfi |
| Produced by | László Szirtes |
| Starring | Margit Dajka Imre Palló Ferenc Kiss |
| Cinematography | Karl Kurzmayer |
| Edited by | Viktor Bánky |
| Music by | Pongrác Kacsóh |
Production company | Kino Filmipari |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | Hungary |
| Language | Hungarian |
Janos the Valiant (Hungarian: János vitéz) is a 1939 Hungarian musical fantasy adventure film directed by Béla Gaál and starring Margit Dajka, Imre Palló and Ferenc Kiss.[1] It is inspired by the epic poem János vitéz by Sándor Petőfi. The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán.
- Margit Dajka as Iluska
- Imre Palló as Kukorica Jancsi ("Johnny Grain o' Corn")
- Ferenc Kiss as Bagó
- Piri Peéry as stepmother of Iluska
- Gyula Csortos as Prussian King
- Erzsi Simor as Prussian Princess
- Tibor Vitéz as Sergeant
- Gyula Gózon as Field-guard
- Tivadar Bilicsi as astrologer
- Izabella Nagy as wife of bartender
- Menyhért Gulyás as old uncle peasant
- Lajos Kelemen as Turkish pasha
- Ferenc Pataki as astrologer
